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Our #FreeTheHawkei campaign continues. As politicians arrived in Canberra on Sunday 7 May and Monday 8 May, they were greeted by an enormous billboard just outside Canberra Airport. On the billboard, the vibrant colours of the Ukrainian flag unfurl behind a young girl holding a #FreeTheHawkei poster. Corflutes in the ground with our #FreeTheHawkei campaign slogan lined … [Read more...]

The appearance of men wearing t-shirts with the Z symbol at a performance of the Russian Orthodox Male Choir at the Sydney Town Hall on 28 April 2023 was sickening. One man was photographed shaking hands with the Russian Consul General Igor Arzhaev. The neo-fascist, pro-war Russian Z symbol – a symbol of hate, aggression and genocide - has no place in Australia. Thank you … [Read more...]

The Ukrainian-Australian community held rallies around Australia on 29 April to ask the Australian Government to continue its support for Ukraine and to #FreeTheHawkei - a next-generation protected vehicle made in the same Bendigo facility as the famous Bushmaster vehicles, which have achieved cult status in Ukraine. In a nod to the Hawkei — named after a death adder snake … [Read more...]

A powerful story by Ukrainian-Australian, Pete Shmigel, about Valeria ‘Lera’ Stepanenko and her partner Victorian man, Sage O’Donnell, who was killed late last year defending Ukraine from the Russian invasion, has been published in the Kyiv Post. Sage is one of the seven Australians and New Zealanders who have died while serving with Ukrainian forces. Before his final … [Read more...]